Banker in Indictment Shocks Kirby-Moore Bribery Case
Frank D. Glover a San Marcos banker was indicted in Austin in the Kirby-Moore bribery matter. He allegedly paid Moore 12500 as a bribe related to the Kirby Lumber suit. New indictments supersede earlier ones as Kirby’s guilt and rewards are questioned. Glover was arrested on a $2500 bond with sureties listed and the case postponed to Saturday.
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Frank D. Glover
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Moore
Kirby Lumber Company
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Aoa
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W. O. Weed
John H. Houston
Joseph Nable
Kratz Acquitted After Prolonged Trial in Missouri
Charles Kratz was found not guilty in a boodling case tried in Butler Missouri after a lengthy jury deliberation of one hour and thirty four minutes. His wife and mother cried with relief in the courtroom as the verdict was announced and others hurried to offer congratulations to him amid the emotional scene.
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Charles Kratz
St. Louis
Yen
Miss Hodge of Ruston Victim of Alleged Negro Assault
Reported in Ruston on February 24 Miss Hodge an eighteen year old girl was attacked while returning from school near the state Industrial plant. An unknown man about twenty three years old choked her with a blouse and outraged her before fleeing. Two suspects were detained in Gibsland for questioning and returned to the scene.
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Ed Hussy
Oklahoma City
John H. Carlock
Dawes Commission
Cora Wheeler
Ardmore
Emanuel Lagrone
Marshall
Tex
W. Williamson
United States
Lufkin
Virginia
Birmingham
Ala
Infamous Infernal Machine Found in City Mail Box
A small explosive device was discovered in a private mailbox at 1210 Market Street, Philadelphia. Photographer A. J. Williams handed the box to Captain Donoghany. the package contained gunpowder and liquid nitro glycerine, with company names on wrappers and a note claiming President Roosevelt. Police suspect a crank without identifying clues.
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United States
Pobkies
Market Street
A. J. Williams
Donogahy
Roosevelt
Donoghany
Sutherland skeptical of Filipino education in the South
Knoxville envoy William Alexander Sutherland conveyed doubts about educating Filipino students in southern colleges due to student prejudice. While visiting six Filipinos at the University of Tennessee, he noted ostracism and poor reception, contrasting Tennessee as home to Philippines official Luke Wright.
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Alexander Sutherland
Sutherland
University of Tennessee
Charles A. Dabney
Tennessee
Luke B. Wright
Philippines
Cotton Belt Sale Bill Advances in House
Austin report indicates the House committee favors a bill allowing Cotton Belt to be sold to Santa Fe. The Senate adjourned to Tuesday.
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House
Santa Fe
Senate
Rape Incident Sparks Mississippi Outrage in Jackson
In Jackson on February 24 Mamie Marsh was seized by a Black man and raped after being pressed from the state house. Governor Vardaman urged calm and law as mobs burned a Black church and a suspect was taken to city hall with militia surrounding.
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Jackson
Miss
Mamie Marsh
State House
Vardaman
House Rejects Move to Forcibly Report Advalorem Tax Bill
In Austin on February 24 the house defeated 61 to 44 a motion to require the revenue and taxation committee to report Cranke's advalorem tax rate increase bill and set it as a special order. The debate featured sharp remarks and personal remarks toward Mr. Dobbs. The Senate passed a bill barring minors from billiard halls and bowling alleys unless accompanied by a parent or with written consent, while an amendment exempting social clubs was lost on a tie vote.
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House
Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Cranke
Dobbs
Hill
Denton
Alphorse
Gaston
Senate
Grinnan
Terrell
Messrs. Hicks and Warper
Decision Upheld in Hayti Bond Fraud Case
The Haitian court of appeals upholds the lower court's ruling in the 1902 National Bank of Hayti bond fraud case. It annuls damages against the republic but condemns ex-president Sam and key officials. Thirteen defendants were present. Nord era government, graft charges linked to a $6 million debt consolidation and a $231,282 payout to the bank.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
Court of Appeals
National Bank of Hayti
Republic
Haytien Congress
Mme. Sam
Sam
Mrs Chadwick Mum Refuses to Answer on Stand
Cleveland report notes Mrs Chadwick declined to respond after initially being sworn and prompted for her name during Friday testimony. After consulting counsel she persisted in silence, refusing to answer further questions in court.
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Wick
Alarm spreads as incidents mount across regions
Reports from Poland and Turkey describe grave situations amid ongoing unrest. Fatalities include Michael Curtin of Houston and several others from Texas, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Incidents range from mine disasters and fires to accidents, with multiple deaths and injuries reported.
Dallas Delighted Over Trinity River Appropriation
Dallas rejoices after the lower house passed river and harbor legislation without amendment. Dallas contributed $66,000 through the Commercial club toward improving the upper Trinity River, aiding a $500,000 appropriation for the stream. The city believes this will influence the Senate on final passage.
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Congress
Commercial Club
Trinity River
Senate
Japanese Vessels Sighted Bound for Viadivostock
St. Petersburg report says twenty Japanese torpedo boats and a large warship are en route to Viadivostock. Date noted February 24.
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St. Petersburg
Kupatkin
Pute
Riots in Baku Leave Hundreds Dead, Report Says
New York February 24 After the riot at Baku 300 corpses were counted in the streets according to a Times dispatch from Paris. The dead are said to have been largely Armenians.
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Baku
New York
Times
Paris
Firing of Trawlers Declared Not Justified by Commission
Paris reports indicate the North Sea commission will declare the firing on trawlers not justified. Grand Duke Vladimir orders court martial for Captain Davidorf and three others over a January 19 blessing of the Neva. Grand Duchess Elizabeth named commander of the Fifth Kleff firenadiers. Iran? Caspian unrest spreads as Bailakhany violence grows near Baku with Armenians and Mussulmans fleeing Baloi and Batoum.
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Kleff
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Poti
Baloi
Batoum
Warsaw Police Seek Higher Pay Amid City Strikes
Warsaw police, paid six dollars a month plus uniforms, plan a demand for increased wages. The Warsaw division of the St. Petersburg railway reports a strike with trains kept running by the army railroad corps. Violent clashes at Vienna station leave a policeman dead. Cossacks guard telegraph lines as strikers threaten to cut communications between Warsaw and St. Petersburg. Mail service to Lodz relies on carts.
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Vistula
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Lodz
Wegon
Fraud probes reach Tokyo contracts for Hokkaido barracks
Tokio February 24 The diet investigates alleged frauds tied to May contracts for building barracks to deport the Seventh division at Hokkaido. Chief Quartermaster Tomatsu in an address to the throne assumes responsibility for the contracts while his predecessor privately awarded them without tenders. Russian prisoners in Japan total 44,400, including 616 officers.
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Tokio
Hokkaido
Tomatsu
Japan
Shelling and clashes reported along Manchurian fronts
Reports from Tokio and Kishineff on February 23 detail continued shelling near the Shakhe river and clashes between scouting parties. A Russian heavy battery west of Silajentun fired on Lapatai, while in Kishineff a trial of 31 Christians over a Jewess murder during riots ended with nine acquittals and twenty-two sentences of one month.
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Shakhe River
Silajentun
Lapatai
Kishineff
Kesarabia
Spinok
Russian raiding party destroys bridge near Niuchwang
Mukden reports a bold Russian force led by Col. Slensid blew up a bridge south of Hatchens about ten miles east of Niuchwang on February 21, wrecking seventy feet of the structure with explosives.
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Mukden
Col. Slensid
Hatchens
Niuchwang
Hundred Bodies Recovered After Virginia Mine Explosion
As of noon Friday in Birmingham Alabama the Virginia mine disaster has 100 recovered victims, eight bodies found that morning and three more sighted. Authorities fear total deaths will exceed 110.
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Pirmingham
Ala
Virginia
Special grand jury drawn to probe meat trust
Chicago February 24 a special federal grand jury ordered by Judge Kohl was drawn Friday to investigate the alleged meat trust. The government aims to examine the records of each man involved.
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Kohlsaat
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